![]() After the second one, I said, ‘You know what? If I’m going to give up a first-round choice for a quarterback, I’m going to get one that I know about, that has a track record.’ “We tried on a couple of occasions to go with a second-round quarterback,” said Carl Peterson, the Chiefs’ general manager from 1989 through 2008. They were more comfortable with either signing or trading for a veteran. Their two longest-serving coaches since then, Marty Schottenheimer and Dick Vermeil, weren’t interested in developing a young quarterback. But you surely can’t be passive or you’re not going to get anywhere.”įor many years after drafting Blackledge, the Chiefs were afraid to fail with a first-round quarterback. Are you going to be right every time? No. “You sort it out, then you go get it, and then you go to work. “I’m big on trusting the process,” Reid said recently about drafting a quarterback. The Chiefs don’t sound afraid to fail on a first-round quarterback. The top two quarterbacks selected in 2013, EJ Manuel and Geno Smith, are trying to win backup jobs for their second NFL teams. But after surveying the crop of quarterbacks available that year, they instead traded with the 49ers for Smith. They would have been happy to draft a quarterback with that first overall pick in 2013. Coach Andy Reid and general manager John Dorsey have selected two quarterbacks in their four drafts together in Kansas City, though neither was in the first round. The Chiefs must be willing to draft a quarterback and have him serve as an apprentice for at least a year. They also have 10 picks, including two in the third round, so they can cover some ground at other positions later in the draft or move up a few spots in the first, if that’s what they choose to do. The Chiefs have a well-stocked roster, so they can afford to take a first-round try on a quarterback. Starter Alex Smith has two years left on his contract, so the pressure would be minimal to play a young quarterback before his time. ![]() The timing is good for the Chiefs at long last to develop their own long-term quarterback. They’ve met with many of the top quarterback prospects and reportedly brought at least two, Clemson’s Deshaun Watson and Notre Dame’s DeShone Kizer, to Kansas City for a closer examination. The Chiefs might finally try again this year. Only the New Orleans Saints, among the 32 NFL teams, have gone longer without picking a quarterback in the first round. They instead drafted Todd Blackledge, who threw 32 interceptions and 26 touchdown passes in his five seasons in Kansas City.Īs if burned by that experience, the Chiefs haven’t gone the quarterback route in the first round since. The last time the Chiefs tried, in 1983, they passed on a chance to draft either of two eventual Hall of Famers, Jim Kelly and Dan Marino. That’s another chapter in the sorry history of the Chiefs’ attempt to draft a quarterback in the first round. ![]() This was just one year after the Indianapolis Colts, with the draft’s top pick, selected a can’t-miss quarterback, Andrew Luck. The Kansas City Chiefs' fortune with quarterbacks and the draft is such that the one time the last several years when they were in position to take a true franchise passer - in 2013, when the Chiefs had the first overall pick – none was available. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browserĬhiefs might finally end long drought by drafting QB in first round
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